Electing a new pope

Natacha Pisarenko | AP file photoArgentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio took the name of Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. Bergoglio is the first pontiff from Americas.Request to buy this photo

Bebeto Matthews | AP photoShelley Guadeloupe, from Puerto Rico, weeps after the announcement of a new Pope, as the Catholic faithful gathered at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.Request to buy this photo

Victor R. Caivano | AP photoPaola La Rocca celebrates after hearing on the speakers at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that Buenos Aires' Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio was chosen as Pope.Request to buy this photo

Richard Drew | AP photoA television screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows first appearance of the new Pope.Request to buy this photo

Gregorio Borgia | AP photoPope Francis speaks from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.Request to buy this photo

Gregorio Borgia | AP photoPope Francis puts on his sash from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.Request to buy this photo

Courtesy of Sergio Rubin | AP photoCardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, second from left in back row, poses for a picture with his family. Top row from left to right, his brother Alberto Horacio, Bergoglio, his brother Oscar Adrian and his sister Marta Regina. Bottom row from left to right, his sister Maria Elena, his mother Regina Maria Sivori and his father Mario Jose Bergoglio.Request to buy this photo

Gregorio Borgia | AP photoPope Francis flanked by Monsignor Guido Marini, master of liturgical ceremonies, waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.Request to buy this photo

Gregorio Borgia | AP photoCardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, center, announces the newly elected pope from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.Request to buy this photo

Gregorio Borgia | AP photoWhite smoke emerges from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that the new pope has been elected.

Dmitry Lovetsky | AP photoA pilgrim kisses a cross after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel.Request to buy this photo

Dmitry Lovetsky | AP photoCrowds cheer in St. Peter's Square after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel.Request to buy this photo

Andrew Medichini | AP photoCrowds fill St. Peter's Square after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel.Request to buy this photo

L'Osservatore RomanoCardinals Giovanni Lajolo, left, and Tarcisio Bertone, enter the Sistine Chapel prior to the start of the conclave.Request to buy this photo

Associated PressA barefoot faithful kneels in prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Tuesday on the first day of the conclave that gathered 115 cardinals in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to elect the 266th Roman Catholic pontiff.Request to buy this photo

Associated PressBlack smoke emerges from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, indicating that no new pope had been elected.Request to buy this photo

Associated PressFaithful gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Tuesday. Black smoke has poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that cardinals have failed to elect a pope on their first try.Request to buy this photo

L'Osservatore RomanoVatican Swiss guards stand by the locked double doors to the Sistine Chapel as cardinals inside vote in the conclave.Request to buy this photo

L'Osservatore RomanoCardinals take an oath of secrecy and make their way to their seats inside the Sistine Chapel.Request to buy this photo

L'Osservatore RomanoCardinals line up to take an oath of secrecy inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican.Request to buy this photo

Monsignor Guido Marini, Master of Liturgical Ceremonies, closes the double doors to the Sistine Chapel in after shouting "Extra omnes, " Latin for "all out, " telling everyone but those taking part in the conclave to leave the frescoed hall.Request to buy this photo

Associated PressA Femen group activist is detained by police officers following a protest against the pope outside St. Peter's Square as cardinals took an oath in the Sistine Chapel.Request to buy this photo

Dmitry Lovetsky | APBlack smoke emerges from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel Wednesday, indicating cardinals had not selected a new pope.Request to buy this photo

Alessandra Tarantino | APBlack smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel Wednesday after the third round of balloting.Request to buy this photo

Oded Balilty | APA woman holds a cross as she waits in St. Peter's Square on the second day of the conclave to elect a new pope.Request to buy this photo

Oded Balilty | APVisitors wait for the chimney smoke in St. Peter's Square during the second day of the conclave to elect a new pope.Request to buy this photo